Organization, functions, and authority delegations: Great Falls, MT; Field Office change to Oil and Gas Field Station,

[Federal Register: September 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 176)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT-930-1820-00]

Realignment of the BLM Office in Great Falls

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: None.

SUMMARY: This notice provides information about the decision to change the Great Falls Field Office to an Oil and Gas Field Station. This change became effective on August 1, 1999.

The Great Falls Field Office is Removed From the Organization Structure

The Great Falls Field Office has been converted to an oil and gas field station reporting to the Montana State Office, Division of Resources, Branch of Fluid Minerals, in Billings, Montana. This realignment will provide more efficient utilization of existing staff among the affected offices.

Other Programs Realigned

Responsibility for all other programs, other than oil and gas, has been reassigned to the Lewistown Field Office and its Havre Field Station. The Lewistown Field Office will assume responsibility for program activities in Pondera, Teton, Lewis and Clark (north of 46 degrees), Cascade, and Meagher counties. The Havre Field Station will assume responsibility for activities in Liberty, Glacier and Toole counties.

Oil and Gas Field Station Management

A supervisory position will be established in the OIL AND GAS FIELD STATION. The supervisor will report to the Montana State Office, Division of Resources, Branch of Fluid Minerals, in Billings, Montana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet Singer, Deputy State Director, Division of Support Services, 5001 Southgate Drive, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107.

Dated: September 1, 1999. Larry E. Hamilton. State Director, Montana State Office.

[FR Doc. 99-23672Filed9-10-99; 8:45 am]

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